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and large windows with glass shutters. tomer demand," said Phee Teik Yeoh, come, this arrangement would grow
The train is equipped with bio-toilets Chief Executive, Vistara. "The addition further," he added.
and fully vestibule for free movement of this route reaffirms our commit-
of passengers between coaches. ment to promote regional connectiv- "This is an excellent move. Trains have
ity, and contribute to the government's a long waiting list and at some point
Dankuni to roll out its first efforts to boost trade and opening up of time there are hundreds of passen-
engine by Jan development avenues for people in gers who have unconfirmed tickets. If
these regions," he said. they have an option to upgrade their
The first locomotive from the Dankuni travel by air, it's a win-win situation for
workshop of Chittaranjan Locomotive Howrah - 1st station in both the airline and the travelling pub-
Works is expected to roll out before east to get WiFi lic," said Subhash Goyal, president, In-
January, 2016, which will be a WAG- dian Association of Tour Operators.
9H, the locomotive factory's general Howrah station recently became east
manager C. P. Tayal said. India's first WiFi enabled railway sta- Jaya inaugurates Chennai
tion. While launching the service in Metro
The locomotive will be a three-phase Kolkata, Railway Minister Suresh
6,000 horsepower WAG-9H locomotive Prabhu said all major stations in the Tamil Nadu chief minister J.
with regenerative brakes. The regen- country would get WiFi within 2-3 Jayalalithaa flagged off the first Metro
erative brakes make this class of loco- years. All important trains will also Railway train of Chennai steered by a
motives much more energy-efficient. become WiFi enabled. woman driver recently. The service will
operate on the Alandur-Koyambedu
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works al- Fly by shelling out little sector, a distance of 10.15 km.
ready builds WAG-9 and WAG-9H loco- extra for non confirmed
motives at its main works in tickets Railways slammed for
Chittaranjan. The WAG-9H is an ad- untidiness
vanced version of the WAG-9, one of Ajay Singh promoted budget carrier
the most powerful locomotives used to SpiceJet and has tied up with the In- The National Green Tribunal has
haul goods trains. The most advanced dian Railway Catering and Tourism slammed the railways for having failed
locomotive for passenger trains that Corporation(IRCTC), wherein the air- to maintain cleanliness around tracks
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works builds line will offer extremely "competitive in New Delhi. The tribunal directed the
is the WAP-7. This three-phase locomo- fares" to passengers whose train tick- carrier to submit a list of offenders who
tive, imported from Sweden, is also of ets remain unconfirmed. have refused to pay the Rs.5,000 fine
6,000 horsepower and has regenera- for dumping waste.
tive brakes. "The ticket prices will depend on the
season and the routes on which we fly Spice deal for 'handbag
Vistara flies to Guwahati to. So, if it's a weak travel season, we flyers'
will charge less for the upgrade, he
Tata's full service passenger comer added. Singh said the larger objective Spicejet recently launched a low-fare
'Vistara' launched its inaugural flight behind the SpiceJet-IRCTC agreement scheme for those travelling only with
from New Delhi to Guwahati. "We've was that the passenger should enjoy hand baggage on domestic figures. The
had lots of customers asking us to fly the convenience and means to travel fare will cost up to Rs.1,000 less than
to the eastern India over the past from one place to the other. "We have normal provided the booking is done at
month, so we're delighted to launch already started this and in times to least 30 days in advance.
this new route in response to the cus-
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